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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Adding a Basic Form Concatenation

Posted by Andrew mwendo
Andrew mwendo
5,712 Points

Use concatenation to add an exclamation point to the echo command after the $fullName variable.

help please

index.php 
<?php
$title = "Dr.";
$firstName = "David";
$lastName = "Bowman";
//concatenate into fullName var with spaces:
$fullName = $title . " " . $firstName . " " . $lastName;

echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named " . $fullName;

?>

1 Answer

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

Looks like you just need to add the exclamation point at the end. You could either concatenate like this:

<?php
echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named " . $fullName . "!";

or more succinctly

<?php
echo "The lead character from 2001: A Space Odyssey is named $fullName!";